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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
B and C
5.5 ounces/day
2. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
vitamin C - citrus fruits
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
can consume more calories without weight gain
3. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
2 cups
one week period
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
diet recall
4. The higher the BMR a client has --
can consume more calories without weight gain
dietary approach to stop hypertension
rickets - osteomalacia
TPN total parenteral nutrition
5. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
rickets - osteomalacia
500 cal/day
4 calories/gram
atrophy or wasting of muscle
6. What is the function of vitamin E?
antioxidant - immune function
prealbumin levels
dark green - orange - drybeans
essential amino acids
7. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
can consume more calories without weight gain
300 cal/day increase
hemoglobin
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
8. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
fats
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
liver and intestinal synthesis
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
9. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
pregnant women or elderly
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
TPN total parenteral nutrition
protein
10. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
5.5 ounces/day
albumin levels
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
low albumin levels < 3.4
11. Sources of fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
5.5 ounces/day
pregnant women or elderly
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
12. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
5.5 ounces/day
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
milk - enriched grains
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
13. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
transferrin
rickets - osteomalacia
2 cups
14. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
trans fatty acid
pregnant women or elderly
can consume more calories without weight gain
15. Name six sources of grains
protein and fat
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
5.5 ounces/day
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
16. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
fat soluble vitamins
antioxidant - immune function
17. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
dark green - orange - drybeans
cream cheese - cream or butter
18. What is normal BMI?
18-25
atrophy or wasting of muscle
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
milk - enriched grains
19. When does BMR increase?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
18-25
20. Where can you get more vitamin D?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
dairy and fortified foods
antioxidant - immune function
albumin levels
21. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
18-25
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
fats
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
22. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
6 oz. a day
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
protein and fat
2 cups
23. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
pregnant women or elderly
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
fats
fat soluble vitamins
24. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
trans fatty acid
hemoglobin
diet recall
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
25. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
can consume more calories without weight gain
diet recall
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
26. What does DASH stand for?
review of systems
2 cups
dietary approach to stop hypertension
5.5 ounces/day
27. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
2 cups
apple is higher risk than a pear
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
28. When does BMR decrease?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
essential amino acids
prealbumin levels
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
29. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
2 cups
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
TPN total parenteral nutrition
milk - enriched grains
30. What function is vitamin A?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
300 cal/day increase
starches - sugars - and cellulose
protein
31. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
milk - enriched grains
32. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
carrots and sweet potatoes
18-25
low albumin levels < 3.4
TPN total parenteral nutrition
33. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
3 cups
vitamin C - citrus fruits
dietary approach to stop hypertension
protein
34. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
5.5 ounces/day
can consume more calories without weight gain
300 cal/day increase
35. Fats can lead to some medical problems
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
low albumin levels < 3.4
TPN total parenteral nutrition
can consume more calories without weight gain
36. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
4 calories/gram
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
starches - sugars - and cellulose
pregnant women or elderly
37. What type of people need extra protein?
diet recall
hemoglobin
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
38. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
liver and intestinal synthesis
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
rickets - osteomalacia
starches - sugars - and cellulose
39. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
one week period
cream cheese - cream or butter
fat soluble vitamins
6 oz. a day
40. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
2.5 cups
starches - sugars - and cellulose
vitamin C - citrus fruits
41. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
protein
can consume more calories without weight gain
day week or month
42. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
TPN total parenteral nutrition
one tspn salt or less
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
43. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
4 calories/gram
hemorrhage
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
3 cups
44. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
review of systems
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
essential amino acids
rickets - osteomalacia
45. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
protein and fat
can consume more calories without weight gain
dark green - orange - drybeans
46. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
decrease in total lymphocyte count
TPN total parenteral nutrition
prealbumin levels
4 calories/gram
47. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
hemoglobin
48. How many calories/gram is protein?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
4 calories/gram
rickets - osteomalacia
2.5 cups
49. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
5.5 ounces/day
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
liver and intestinal synthesis
essential amino acids
50. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
transferrin
vitamin C - citrus fruits
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer